Portland Trail Blazers: Scoot Henderson or Brandon Miller – Part 2 G-League Guard
Andrew Elderbaum
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With the third overall pick in the NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers will draft either Scoot Henderson or Brandon Miller. Here’s our pre-draft look at Miller.
With the NBA Draft later this week, the Portland Trail Blazers pick is at the mercy of Charlotte. Owning the third pick in a three-prospect draft, Portland is guaranteed a shot at a future star, just maybe not the one they need.
French phenom Victor Wembanyama is a given to go first overall to San Antonio. The other two in the triumvirate are Brandon Miller and Scoot Henderson.
Which one is a better fit for the Portland Trail Blazers, and who is more likely to end up in Rip City? In part 1, we highlighted Miller.
The other potential star who might, probably even likely, be available with the third pick is Scoot Henderson. He’s an exciting prospect who just happens to be everything Portland already has and provides little of what they need.
If Miller is gone, the young guard just may be too good to pass up. Henderson has spent the last two seasons in the G-league and was clearly trying to not get injured last year.
His first season was tremendous, though, and his talent is undeniable. The comps in many scouting reports are Russell Westbrook and Colin Sexton, but both of them are bigger than Scoot. I see shades of a smaller, ball-dominant point guard… Allen Iverson.